Presentation

This course is aimed at organists with a good level.
▪ Welcome reception at the concert of Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard as part of Collegiades 2025 – our annual organ festival (33rd edition).
This concert will take place on Sunday, July 6th 2025 at 6 p.m.
It will be followed by a cocktail offered to the students.
The dinner can be arranged but is not included.
Please let us know if you’d like to attend the welcome dinner when registering.
▪ The Masterclasses will all take place in the Collegiale Sainte Waudru from Monday, July 7th until Wednesday, July 9th between 9 am and 4.30 pm.
▪ The instruments will be made available in the city center.
▪ A concert will conclude the Masterclasses on July 9th at 6.30 pm in the Collegiale.
Each student will have the opportunity to attend two individual classes (45 minutes) with the professor. The students are encouraged to attend their colleague’s sessions as well.

 The Teacher: Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard

Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard was born in Colombes in 1982. He started playing piano at the age of four at the Russian Conservatory in Paris. He joined the children’s choir of the Radio France choir at the age of nine. Then, he studied at the CNSM in Paris with Olivier Latry, Thierry Escaich, Pierre Pincemaille, Philippe Lefebvre, Jean-François Zygel, François-Xavier Roth and Michèle Reverdy. While studying there, he won eight prizes for organ playing, keyboard improvisation, composition and orchestral conducting courses. He won prizes in numerous international competitions: first prize and audience prize at the Leipzig International Improvisation Competition (2009), first prize and audience prize at the Luxembourg International Improvisation Competition (2011), winner of the M. Tariverdiev Competition in Kaliningrad (Russia, 2011), second prize and audience prize at the Grand Prix d’improvisation de Chartres (2012) and the Clarence Snyder Prize at the Longwood Gardens International Competition (United States, 2013). He has been the Abbey Organist at the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Church in Clichy since 2001, while developing a career as a concert organist around the world. He is also a composer and taught at the Viry-Châtillon Conservatory from 2006 to 2011, as well as in master classes. In March 2015, he won a competition – with Thomas Ospital – to become the organist of the Saint-Eustache church in Paris. Moreover Baptiste-Florian is also a teacher. Indeed he teaches improvisation and the French repertoire at academies and master classes. Passionate about accompanying silent films, he regularly collaborates with the Cinémathèque française in Paris.
With a very large repertoire, he does not hesitate to include transcriptions of symphonic works in his programs. Finally, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard is also an airline pilot.

More information HERE.